Glenn Beck, the loveable scamp, hasn’t been around much lately–ever since Fox dropped his special brand of ham-fisted tear-soaked hatemongering, he retired to a state-of-the-art bomb shelter deep in aÂ ColoradoÂ mountainÂ so he could swim in his manmade lake of precious goldÂ doubloons. He emerged from that lake recently, however, in protest of a community college art exhibit. More »

“So, I don’t really remember how this came up, but we were taking last week about marriage and I mentioned that I’ve had a friend or two declare that they’d never marry someone smarter. One male, a few females. I know I offered to start this debate–which usually means come out swinging with some sort of calculated opening statement meant to stun the other with my hammer of rhetoric–but… who the fuck would say that? Crazy people? Crazy people.” More »

A little while ago, we started noticing the cover ofÂ Joy Division‘s Unknown PleasuresÂ cropping up on t-shirts everywhere. As in, not just on predictable types like guys in bands, but… little kids. And bros. And girls with purse dogs. ApparentlyÂ Disney noticed this, too. More »

Following the public brou-ha-ha that erupted over Nancy Upton’s hilarious skewering of American Apparel’s “Next BIG Thing” chubby model contest, the company attempted to win her over by flying her to L.A., giving her a tour of their factory, and talking to her about how to market to plus size women in a way that would actually make them want to buy their clothes. Well, now Nancy is back from the trip, and has written a blog post that expresses her utter ambivalence over the efforts the company made to convince her they’re better than that contest made them seem. More »

Who hasn’t thought of getting lipliner permanently tattooed on their mouth in order to save makeup-application time? Well, here’s one cautionary tale for those of you considering permanent lip tats: a man in ColoradoÂ (pictured) was arrested for robbery because … More »